Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-08
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Banding Of the Clubs in the p~,.
the Base Ball Champion.
ship.
A Nip-and-Tuck Fight Between D..
and Boston hicago's Chances
Improving.
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CHICAGO, June 21.-The EIGHTH w.,
the League championship games bs veg
and gone, and the teams in the race s W
settled down to their work in a stu. "a
presages one OF the greatest strugals. y
championship honors ever recorded : \
history of the game PROFESSIONAL = Y
You'd all question last weeks pa,res y
Detroit We're the most interesting eve,
at White Stocking Park, and tie M. y
cent batting Of both teams dur'"s
series gave the fielders work eporSs
make every game lively beyo,dS y
scription from start to ~
On leaving the grand stand -. "
Fridays game your corresponding; ms.
base ball enthusiast, who boasts ~ ~ !
having missed game upon the Is
grounds in seven years. -'|
well, what do you think of Derc;,;
asked him.
Thus far" said he, Detroit has 4
the best bali playing We have seen in \
cago this season. ltmay not be cops1a
by some the acme of skillful ball Nav;
but it has suited the people deal H. Ia
Just the same. A to 0 game mnst ns1
sarily be q close and prettily cortes
affair, but there is something in ,he ID
in which runs are being scored at I'll
of two or three an inning, as the lesrll
good hard work with the stick that
/ rank and file of those who attend
games like, and when you hear of q Q,
in which the batting has been brisk
timely you are pretty safe in assuming
the grand stand and opens held an
4 terested and enthusiastic crowd. If Il
is any pleasure in watching q pitcher 81
out five or six men in two successive
nings and then see Lin retire as N
more on foul tips, pop-up flies or i
hits to the inteld in the mex
innings, I myself have not yet discov,
the meat in that kind of game. II
tako Thursdays game for instance G
anything have put more life into tina, CT
than did the heavy batting work of tie
oago boys in the fourth inning? 1t cal
the people, because it kept them in a
state of expectation until the innings en-
and because it gave ample opportun,v
quick movement and fielding and i
running ability. will bet there was
man present at that game who iet;
grand stand dissatisfied with the exhib
he had seen, unless of course he may
been one of those fellows who happ
to have a case note or two upon De
You can always expect lots of fun al
interesting game when you get toge,l
couple of hnrd-hitting teams like CHI
and Detroit"
Ii will be remembered that when
win first made his appearance here he
very wild in his delivery. This was G
, to his fea1 that he would hit the bats
Baldwin broke one of Jevne's ribs
Northwestern League game last yea!
it has taken him until now to recover
the fright which he suffered that
} When at his best Baldwin pitches
, tremendous speed, and it is little "
that he sometimes gets alarmed at IL
!; ba,smen take when they face him.
. The Philadelphia team is playing
the same game it played last year
: good enough to be bothersome. but
9 sufficient steadiness to carry the ira
9 the front. Ferguson continues to
+ superb ball, but his support is often
,. and discouraging.
Q Nobody can 1oretell what the Was
!, tons are going to do when they seE
n the diamond. They are more erra,ic
II the Phillies in their play, and ii
troublesome.
The following table shows the sS
t of the League clubs up to date:
Y THE LEAGUE.